Quotes About Standards

It will not say, 'Isn't X beautiful?' Such demands are murderous to beauty.

If we don't stand for something, we may fall for anything.

those glossy magazines with impossibly beautiful women on the cover and inside. Women with polished mahogany skin who looked like they'd never had a pimple in their lives – nor a decent meal either come to that. Women with teeth which shone like fresh snow in sunshine.

Ma mère m'a gavé d'histoires d'amour idéal, c'est un lourd handicap que d'avoir des idéaux. - Pourquoi ? - Ça place la barre très haut. - Pour l'autre ? - Non, pour soi-même.

Æthelwold took it upon himself to tour them all, laying down the standards of behaviour he expected

Truth and understanding are not such wares as to be monopolized and traded in by tickets and statutes and standards.

vegetables in your restaurants are not so good." "Better in Russia?" Reynolds asked, interested. "I should say so," Nadya said. "Also better in France, in Germany, in Scandinavia, in Italy, in Israel.

Is it good? It ain't Shakespeare, but then, Shakespeare wrote Titus Andronicus , so you tell me.

People will eat cheeseburgers, but very few people will eat crap. Don't serve up crap.

How's that for the grapes?

The french are a moral people--judged, that is, by american country club standards.

Only mediocrity escapes criticism.

Set your standards high; namely, do the absolute best of which you are capable. Focus on running the race rather than winning it. Do those things necessary to bring forth your personal best and don't lose sleep worrying about the competition. Let the competition lose sleep worrying about you. Teach your organization to do the same.

The killjoys initiated automobile crash standards so rigorous that we can't buy a car that hasn't been dropped from the top of a phone pole with our whole family strapped inside.

Yes - 90% of fantasy is crap. And so is 90% of science fiction and 90% of mystery fiction and 90% of literary fiction.

Father was the eldest son and the heir apparent, and he set the standard for being a Rockefeller very high, so every achievement was taken for granted and perfection was the norm.

I'm more comfortable with whatever's wrong with me than my father was whenever he felt he failed or didn't measure up to the standard he set.

There were the fairy tales my father told to me at bedtime. All the standards. I thought my father invented wolves.

I have a deathly fear of mediocrity and that nips at my heels and gets me into a lot of trouble.

Boys are more likely to develop a masculine personality and acquire strong moral standards when they have a loving and nurturant rather than a threatening or fear-inspiring father.

I'm intimidated by the fear of being average.

To lead a fruitful life, you need to give your best and set your internal standards and not compare yourself to others.

Don't settle for less when you know you deserve more; set a higher standard for yourself. If they want to be in your life they will make an effort not an excuse.

Half the people you know are below average.